ONE VOICE
A celebration of one of the world ’ s biggest selling artists of all time by his son , Matt Monro Jr .
MATT MONRO can arguably lay claim to being Britain ’ s biggest musical export of all time . Indeed he is still hailed as the biggest non-Hispanic artist in the world .
The man dubbed “ The singer ’ s singer ” and “ The man with the golden voice ” clocked up a staggering 100 million sales in his lifetime .
He was the first singer ever to sing on a James Bond film ( From Russia With Love ) and he contributed the score to that best loved of films , The Italian Job .
In the Philippines alone his version of “ My Way ” sold 8 million copies outselling Sinatra ’ s by a country mile - Frank sold a mere 300,000 . Beatlemania had nothing on his reception over there ( and even today his son still receives a hero ’ s welcome ).
Produced throughout his career by Sir George Martin , in the 1960s and 70s Matt Monro ’ s hits encompassed some of the greatest popular music ever . From Russia With Love , the Impossible Dream , Portrait Of My Love , Softly As I Leave You , Walk Away , My Kind Of Girl , Yesterday , Gonna Build A Mountain …. just some of the songs that made him a household name . And then , of course , there was Born Free .
Born Free was the song that firmly established Matt Monro in the hearts of the young and the old alike . Its opening notes forever conjured up a time and place – African plains , endangered lions , the film with actress Virginia McKenna … The smooth mellifluous voice of Matt became synonymous with Born Free and the song was , and still is , a huge iconic song in Africa .
Now Matt Monro Jr pays tribute to his legendary father with a new CD ,“ A Father ’ s Legacy ” and a new show , The Matt Monro Story : One Voice . Encapsulating not just the story of his Dad ’ s rags-to-riches life it gives a unique insight into the man himself .
The journey of this boy who couldn ’ t read or write , and yet had to support his family , is told in loving detail by his son giving a glimpse into what it was like growing up in the Monro household . Video clips , home movies , even sequences where Matt Jr duets with his Dad , all play a part in this celebration of the life and legacy of Matt Monro .
A Great Evening Of Nostalgia Not To Be Missed
Tickets are on sale now priced at £ 21 . Show starts at 7.30pm . Tuesday 21st March 2017 Aylesbury Waterside Theatre , 0844 871 7607
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